Does food matter?

  In short yes food matters. To elaborate ; however, food matters for many reasons. Not only does food provide living things with energy to complete daily tasks  it also  gives us nutrition to help manage health. These are the very obvious reasons why food matters, but there are some things that people wouldn't necessarily think of like: food bringing people together, how food is used in a religious aspect, and how food can negatively impact peoples lives. Although most food is beneficial to our lives there are some foods, highly processed or extremely fattening foods, that lack basic nutrition. Although we know these foods exist people still consume them. Why is that? Well first the junky food that doesn't help us is cheaper and more easily accessible than healthy and nutritious food  we should be fueling our body with. Food brings anyone from strangers to family together. It is one thing most people have in common and therefore it is easily used as a common ground to help meet new people and connect with people you may have already known.  For many religions food plays a big role in family gatherings and also provides a  sense of community, but religions can also have a say to what people in a certain religion can and can't eat. Although food is such an important part of managing basic health there are people who lack the necessary resources to get food. Besides not being able to get food some people don't have a healthy relationship with food. There are many people impacted by psychological disorders pertaining to food, and these people struggle with maintaining a healthy diet or eating at all.